reality tv, disfigured
I’m a total Amazing Race junkie (as displayed in the blog I run with Laura and Gus). If only I had an American passport, I would be begging John to enter with me EVERY season. As far as reality TV goes, there are only a few “gems” that I get sucked into such as Top Model and Rockstar.
I’ve never been a huge Survivor fan, and with all the buzz surrounding this season - I really didn’t want to give into the hype. But of course last night while channel surfing, our curiosity got the best of us and we watched the premiere. The stereotypes were all stereotyping themselves, the young’uns were all snuggly n’ horny, and along with all my other issues with the show, this episode confirmed that I’m really not a fan.
It wasn’t until I logged onto Gus Greeper’s blog today that I really found out how ‘full of it’ the show actually is. She’s got first-hand tales of her travels in the Cook Islands (home of the show this season) and completely discredits close to everything that has taken place so far. Check out the post and judge for yourself - I’m with her when I say: “How dare they remove the penis!”
Edit: Nothing to do with Survivor but here’s a very mellowed, kinda neat version of Outkast’s Hey - Ya [YouTube] Gee, thanks Chris.
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September 15th, 2006 at 5:06 pm
The buzz is what got me started, at least with the premiere, watching Survivor this season. The boyf and I are rooting Team Asian/Puka, lol. Survivor did get flack for not being very diverse so I’m falling headlong into their ploy to diversify their cast and fanbase!
September 15th, 2006 at 5:08 pm
I saw Gus Greeper’s blog too and was surprised to hear how much is bogus. Though I don’t think it’s always like this - there was one in Africa surrounded by lions that seemed pretty real. But I have to say it seems pretty reasonable to me not to have a big wooden dick on a show which plenty of kids will see! Also, I wrote a little about the racism aspect here if you want to check it out.
September 15th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
Cool, naw I understand the reasoning for not having that on the idol but then, why not just pick something else instead?
I watched maybe the first season or two of Survivor way back when and it did seem pretty rough n’ tumble - people’s legs getting infested with gross little bugs and such.
I’m trying to find the episode of Family Guy (Screwed the Pooch) where Peter falls through the “set” on Survivor and ends up on The Price is Right :p
September 17th, 2006 at 11:00 am
We should start a petition to get us on the show. Since day 1 Becks and I knew that we would be the best team ever, but you have to be an american. We should get them to do an ‘international’ Amazing Race and allow people from other countries to participate.
September 18th, 2006 at 6:24 pm
yeah man - you and me would kick ass